Osbourne's hivy drog uise led tae his dismissal frae the baund in 1979. He wis replacit bi umwhile Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Efter a few albums wi Dio's vocals an sangwritin collaborations, Black Sabbath endured a revolvin line-up in the 1980s an '90s that included vocalists Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen an Tony Martin, as well as multiple members o Deep Purple an Rainbow. In 1992, Iommi an Butler rejoined Dio an drummer Vinny Appice to record Dehumanizer. The oreeginal line-up reunitit wi Osbourne in 1997 an released a live album Reunion. Black Sabbath's 19t studio album, 13, which featurs aw oreeginal members except Bill Ward, wis released in Juin 2013.

Black Sabbath are citit as pioneers o hivy metal. The baund helpit define the genre wi releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970) an Master of Reality (1971). They wur rankit bi MTV as the "Greatest Metal Band" o aw time, an placit seicont in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" leet. Rolling Stone magazine rankit thaim nummer 85 in their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". They hae sauld ower 15 million records in the Unitit States an ower 70 million records warldwide. Black Sabbath wur inductit intae the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 an the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.